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. 2020 Apr 29;128(4):047010. doi: 10.1289/EHP5751

Table 2.

Target biomarkers for the HAPIN trial.

Biomarker Biomarker no. for Table 2 Reason for selection Matrix Method Method reference
Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1)a 1 Endothelial marker of cardiovascular function DBS Immunoassay Barnett and Ware 2011; Hecht et al. 2011; McElrath et al. 2011, 2013
Vascular cellular adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1)a 2 Endothelial marker of cardiovascular function DBS Immunoassay McElrath et al. 2011
Endothelin-1a 3 Endothelial marker of cardiovascular function DBS Immunoassay Goddard and Webb 2000
E-selectina 4 Endothelial marker of cardiovascular function DBS Immunoassay Barnett and Ware 2011; McElrath et al. 2011
C-reactive protein (CRP)a 5 Inflammation marker DBS Immunoassay Barnett and Ware 2011; McElrath et al. 2011, 2013
Interleukin 6 (IL-6)a 6 Inflammation marker DBS Immunoassay Barnett and Ware 2011; McElrath et al. 2011
von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF)a 7 Blood coagulation protein DBS Immunoassay Barnett and Ware 2011; Mannucci 1998
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)a 8 Marker of glycemic control DBS, capillary blood POC, LC-MS/MS Dubach et al. 2019; Jeppsson et al. 2002
Hemoglobin (Hb) 9 Clinical biomarker DBS, capillary blood POC, LC-MS/MS Jeppsson et al. 2002; Osborn et al. 2019
Lipidsa 10 Clinical biomarkers DBS Immunoassay Akins et al. 1989
P53 Tumor-associated antigen antibodies (p53 TAA antibodies)a 11 Lung and other cancer biomarker DBS Array assay Xu et al. 2019
F2-Isoprostanesa 12 Inflammation markers DBS Immunoassay Soffler et al. 2010
Clara cell protein (CC16)a 13 Lung insult marker DBS Immunoassay Broeckaert and Bernard 2000
8-OH-deoxyguanosine (8OHdG)a 14 Oxidative stress marker Urine LC-MS/MS Marrocco et al. 2017
Myeloperoxidase (MPO)a 15 Oxidative stress marker DBS Immunoassay Marrocco et al. 2017
Malondialdehyde (MDA)a 16 Oxidative stress marker Urine LC-MS/MS Kartavenka et al. 2019a
Cytochrome P450 (Cyp450)a 17 Enzyme induction DBS Immunoassay Lake et al. 2009
3-OH cotinine; cotinine, and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL)b 18 Short-term and longer-term (6weeks) tobacco smoke biomarkers Urine LC-MS/MS Avila-Tang et al. 2013; Braun et al. 2010; Carmella et al. 2003; Needham et al. 2005a; Sexton et al. 2011; Yuan et al. 2014
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (1-OH pyrene,1-/2-naphthol, 2-/3-hydroxyfluorine, 2-/3-/4-hydroxyphenanthrene, phenanthrene tetrol)b 19 Carcinogen exposure biomarker Urine GC-MS/MS Aquilina et al. 2010; Perera et al. 2005
Volatile organic chemicals [mercapturate metabolites including S-phenylmercaptuate (benzene metabolite), S-benzylmercapturate (toluene metabolite), S-1-phenyl-2-hydroxyethylmercapturate (styrene metabolite), and S-2-hydroxyethylmercapturate (acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide metabolite)]b 20 Carcinogen exposure biomarker Urine LC-MS/MS Alwis et al. 2012; Barr and Ashley 1998; Calafat et al. 1999
Heavy metals/metalloids (lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic)b 21 Air pollution exposure, neurotoxicants DBS, urine ICP-MS Buck Louis et al. 2012; Jones et al. 2010; Needham et al. 2005a; Rubin et al. 2007; Sexton et al. 2011
Levoglucosanb 22 Wood exposure biomarker Urine LC-MS/MS Naeher et al. 2013
Metabolomec 23 Biomarker discovery DBS, serum HRMS Burgess et al. 2015; Frediani et al. 2014; Go et al. 2015; Roede et al. 2013
microRNAc 24 Biomarker discovery NT, plasma RT-PCR Harrison et al. 2000; Ponnusamy et al. 2015
mRNAc 25 Biomarker discovery NT RT-PCR Harrison et al. 2000
DNA methylationc 26 Biomarker discovery NT, BC, Buccal Bead chip Paquette et al. 2016
Oral microbiomec 27 Biomarker discovery Oral rinse 16S rDNA Jovel et al. 2016
Novel inflammation cancer markers [serum amyloid A, soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 2, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 9 or monokine induced by γ-interferon]c 28 Cancer risk evaluation Plasma Immunoassay Shiels et al. 2017

Note: BC, buffy coat; buccal, buccal cells; DBS, dried blood spots; GC-MS/MS, gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; HAPIN, Household Air Pollution Intervention Network; HRMS, high resolution mass spectrometry; ICP-MS, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; NT, nasal turbinate swab; POC, point-of-care; RT-PCR, reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction.

a

Measured in all other adult women.

b

Measured in all participants including pregnant women, children, and other adult women.

c

Measured in a subset of samples.